Linda Masters: Update - The Mines' Italian pizza adventure

8:48 PM,
Apr. 22, 2014

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From the Kitchen
Linda

Lost luggage, no ingredients and broken displays were just a few of the trials and tribulations Rick and Jane Mines, owners of Nima's Pizza in Gassville, had to overcome in the recent 23rd annual World Pizza Championships in Parma, Italy.

When the Team USA arrived in Milan, Italy, on April 5, three of the Mines' five pieces of luggage containing displays and ingredients were lost. Two pieces still were in New York, and no one seemed to know where the third piece of luggage went.

The Mines drove two hours back to Milan on April 6 to pick up the luggage expected from New York, only to find they had missed ...